Nobody summed up the humanitarian impulse of capitalism better than a Lt.
in the US Army talking about the village of Ben Tre, Vietnam, 1967:
"In order to save the village, it became necessary to destroy it."
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From: "Kristian Lasslett" <kristianlasslett at yahoo.com.au>
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Subject: Re: [Marxism] Humanitarian interventions??